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TIL Uranium-238 has a half life of 4.468 billion years, or about 1/3 the estimated life of the universe

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PY1ZJ TIL than an average NFL lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when the ball is actually in play, the action amounts to a mere 11 minutes
N7lNJ TIL Karen was the most popular name for girls in California in the early 1960s
eaLg TIL that the word “idiot”, in Athenian democracy, referred to a person who was selfish and concerned only about their private affairs, while having no interest in public concerns at all.
Omw6 TIL that a man charged people up to “one billion dollars” to teach them how to survive on breathing alone. When caught eating junk food, he claimed that diet coke and McDonalds cheeseburgers help him “maintain balance” and hold “special 5D properties”
9wM4X TIL that prior to 9/11, the most FDNY firefighters lost in a single day was 12. The 23rd St Fire on October 17, 1966 killed 12 Firefighters when a floor collapsed. A recent renovation to the building had removed a load-bearing wall in the basement to increase storage space for an art dealer tenant.